News from Seattle's Office of Economic Development

Join Oak View Group for the Seattle Center Arena Design Open House to learn about the future of KeyArena and be part of the design process! The Seattle City Council is currently reviewing a proposed Memorandum of Understanding with the Oak View Group to renovate and redevelop KeyArena as a world-class arena, ready for professional hockey, basketball, and music. This open house is an opportunity for you meet the different stakeholders in the project and let us know what your priorities are for the arena at Seattle Center.

Discussion will focus on several key questions:

How will this project transform the Arena venue?

How will this project positively affect the Arena site?

How will this project engage with arts and culture?

How will the new Arena enhance Seattle Center?

How will the new Arena integrate into the neighborhood and the community?

We look forward to seeing you at the Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center on Saturday, October 28, from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. The open house is free and open to all.

As part of the ongoing process of evaluating plans for the possible redevelopment of the Arena at Seattle Center into a state-of-the-art entertainment and sports facility that could potentially bring the NHL and the NBA to Seattle, the City of Seattle assembled an Arena Community Advisory Group.

The group’s purpose is:

To help the City ensure that a redeveloped Arena would connect and integrate with Seattle Center and surrounding neighborhoods and advise on mobility planning

To partner with the City in the development of labor agreements supporting current and future workers

To champion “Women and Minority Business Enterprises” policy inclusion in any forthcoming agreements that may be negotiated

The group will meet on an ongoing basis through the permitting and environmental review processes and development of any final development agreements that may be negotiated.

In early 2017, the City of Seattle issued an RFP for the redevelopment of the Arena. The City chose Oak View Group as the preferred partner and is currently negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Oak View Group. The City Council will review and potentially adopt the MOU later this fall.